000 AXNT20 KNHC 041902 AAA TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION...UPDATE NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 205 PM EDT WED MAY 04 2016 UPDATED FOR ITCZ/MONSOON TROUGH TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR NORTH AMERICA...CENTRAL AMERICA...GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA...NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA...AND ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE AFRICAN COAST FROM THE EQUATOR TO 32N. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY...WEATHER OBSERVATIONS...RADAR...AND METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS. BASED ON 1200 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1715 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... ...GALE-FORCE WINDS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN... THE 24-HOUR FORECAST CONSISTS OF A COLD FRONT FROM 31N75W TO 23N80W. EXPECT GALE-FORCE SOUTH-TO-SOUTHWEST WINDS AND SEA HEIGHTS RANGING FROM 8 FEET TO 10 FEET TO THE NORTH OF 28N WITHIN 300 NM TO THE EAST OF THE COLD FRONT. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. PLEASE READ THE HIGH SEAS FORECAST... MIAHSFAT2/FZNT02 KNHC...AND THE OFFSHORE FORECAST...MIAOFFNT3/ FZNT23 KNHC...FOR MORE DETAILS. ...THE ITCZ/THE MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH IS NOT PRESENT AT THIS TIME. A SURFACE TROUGH IS ALONG 04N14W 03N18W 03N34W. THE ITCZ IS ALONG 03N14W 04N45W. A NORTH-TO-SOUTH ORIENTED SURFACE TROUGH IS ALONG 06N45W 04N46W 01N46W. A SEPARATE SURFACE TROUGH IS ALONG 07N16W 09N18W 11N18W. CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION...SCATTERED STRONG FROM 03N TO 04N BETWEEN 09W AND 11W. WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG FROM THE EQUATOR TO 05N BETWEEN 11W AND 30W...AND FROM 05N TO 10N BETWEEN 43W AND 52W. SCATTERED STRONG IN COASTAL PLAINS OF BRAZIL FROM 01N TO 02N BETWEEN 50W AND 52W. ...DISCUSSION... ...THE GULF OF MEXICO... A MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT IS MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A. AND THE EASTERN PART OF THE GULF OF MEXICO IS SUPPORTING A COLD FRONT...THAT PASSES THROUGH NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...INTO THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...TO THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC OF SOUTHERN MEXICO. THE FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY NEAR 19N97W...AND IT RUNS NORTHWESTWARD...FROM 19N97W TO 23N101W...TO 26N101W...TO THE TEXAS BIG BEND...BEYOND 31N108W IN NORTHEASTERN MEXICO. CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION...NUMEROUS STRONG FROM 23N TO 25N BETWEEN 82W AND 86W. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STRONG COVERS FLORIDA AND COASTAL WATERS FROM 24N TO 28N BETWEEN 78W AND 82W. WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG IS WITHIN 180 NM TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE LINE THAT PASSES THROUGH 32N66W TO 30N67W 23N80W. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE HAS BEEN BUILDING FROM SOUTH TEXAS...ALONG THE MEXICO COAST...INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC OF SOUTHERN MEXICO. ...THE CARIBBEAN SEA... UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC WIND FLOW IS TO THE EAST OF THE LINE THAT PASSES THROUGH 22N86W 14N75W 12N73W. THE CYCLONIC WIND FLOW IS RELATED TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN-TO-NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA TROUGH. UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONIC WIND FLOW COVERS THE REST OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND CENTRAL AMERICA. A MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSES THROUGH 23N64W IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN...TO 18N62W IN THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA...TO 14N64W...AND 10N65W. CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION...RAINSHOWERS ARE FROM 16N TO 19N BETWEEN 63W AND 69W. THE PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING IN THE WATERS THAT ARE TO THE SOUTH OF PUERTO RICO...AND EVEN ACROSS PARTS OF PUERTO RICO...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE ISLAND. 24-HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES FOR THE PERIOD ENDING AT 03/1200 UTC...ACCORDING TO THE PAN AMERICAN TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TABLES...MIATPTPAN/ SXCA01 KNHC...ARE 0.12 IN SAN JUAN IN PUERTO RICO...0.04 IN MONTEGO BAY IN JAMAICA...AND 0.01 IN GUADELOUPE. ...HISPANIOLA... UPPER LEVEL NORTHWEST WIND FLOW IS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. HISPANIOLA IS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF AN ATLANTIC OCEAN-TO- NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. THE SURFACE WIND FLOW IS FROM THE SOUTHEAST...PUSHING CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE RAINSHOWERS ONSHORE AND ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS...FOR PORT-AU-PRINCE IN HAITI...SCATTERED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS WITH BASES AT 2600 FEET. FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...BARAHONA...FEW CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS WITH BASES AT 1800 FEET. SANTO DOMINGO...A LOW CLOUD CEILING...MVFR. LA ROMANA... RAIN IS NEARBY. PUNTA CANA...SCATTERED LOW LEVEL CLOUDS...VFR. SANTIAGO...A LOW CLOUD CEILING...MVFR. PUERTO PLATA...SCATTERED LOW LEVEL CLOUDS...VFR. THE GFS MODEL FOR 250 MB SHOWS THAT THE FIRST 24 HOURS OF THE 48- HOUR FORECAST PERIOD WILL CONSIST OF NORTHWEST WIND FLOW. DAY TWO WILL CONSIST OF NORTHWEST AND WEST WIND FLOW. A TROUGH STARTS TO WORK ITS WAY FROM THE BAHAMAS TO CUBA TO HISPANIOLA DURING PARTS OF DAY TWO. THE GFS MODEL FOR 500 MB SHOWS THAT DAY ONE WILL CONSIST OF NORTHWEST WIND FLOW FOR MOST OF THE DAY...CHANGING TO WEST WIND FLOW AT THE END OF DAY ONE. DAY TWO WILL CONSIST OF SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW...WITH A TROUGH IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA. THE GFS MODEL FORECAST FOR 700 MB SHOWS THAT DAY ONE WILL START WITH SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WITH A RIDGE...AND CHANGE TO SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WITH AN APPROACHING TROUGH. DAY TWO WILL CONSIST OF MORE SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW...AS THE TROUGH ORGANIZES ITSELF COMPARATIVELY MORE AND AS THE TROUGH FROM THE WEST MOVES CLOSER TO HISPANIOLA. ...THE ATLANTIC OCEAN... A MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSES THROUGH 32N66W TO 26N65W TO 23N64W IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN...TO 18N62W IN THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA...TO 14N64W...AND 10N65W. CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION...RAINSHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FROM 19N NORTHWARD BETWEEN 60W AND 70W. A SURFACE TROUGH IS ALONG 30N55W 26N59W 24N62W. RAINSHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 60 NM TO 120 NM ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TROUGH. A SECOND SURFACE TROUGH IS ALONG 30N48W 27N48W 24N49W. RAINSHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 60 NM TO 120 NM ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TROUGH. A THIRD SURFACE TROUGH IS ALONG 23N40W 20N39W 17N38W. RAINSHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 60 NM TO 120 NM ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TROUGH. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ MT